Handbook of the international red cross and red crescent movement

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. 59.
— Cash which was taken from prisoners of war, in
accordance with Article 18, at the time of their capture, and which is
in the currency of the Detaining Power, shall be placed to their
separate accounts, in accordance with the provisions of Article 64 of
the present Section.
The amounts, in the currency of the Detaining Power, due to the
conversion of sums in other currencies that are taken from the
prisoners of war at the same time, shall also be credited to their
separate accounts.
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. 60.
— The Detaining Power shall grant all prisoners of war
a monthly advance of pay, the amount of which shall be fixed by
PRISONERS OF WAR
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Ready money
Advances 
of pay
Amounts in
cash taken
from
prisoners

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conversion, into the currency of the said Power, of the following
amounts:
Category I : Prisoners ranking below sergeants: eight Swiss
francs.
Category II : Sergeants and other non-commissioned officers,
or prisoners of equivalent rank: twelve Swiss
francs.
Category III : Warrant officers and commissioned officers below
the rank of major or prisoners of equivalent rank:
fifty Swiss francs.
Category IV : Majors, lieutenant-colonels, colonels or prisoners
of equivalent rank: sixty Swiss francs.
Category V : General officers or prisoners of war of equivalent
rank: seventy-five Swiss francs.
However, the Parties to the conflict concerned may by special
agreement modify the amount of advances of pay due to prisoners
of the preceding categories.
Furthermore, if the amounts indicated in the first paragraph
above would be unduly high compared with the pay of the
Detaining Power’s armed forces or would, for any reason, seriously
embarrass the Detaining Power, then, pending the conclusion of a
special agreement with the Power on which the prisoners depend to
vary the amounts indicated above, the Detaining Power:
a) shall continue to credit the accounts of the prisoners with the
amounts indicated in the first paragraph above;
b) may temporarily limit the amount made available from these
advances of pay to prisoners of war for their own use, to sums
which are reasonable, but which, for Category I, shall never be
inferior to the amount that the Detaining Power gives to the
members of its own armed forces.
The reasons for any limitations will be given without delay to the
Protecting Power.